Philippine Laws

on
Children
Prosecutor Maria Luisa G. Ratilla
Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office
 RA 7610

“ The Anti-Child Abuse Law”

This law is a measure geared towards the
implementation of a national program for the
survival of the most vulnerable members of the
population – the Filipino children. Thus, RA 7610
requires us to adhere to the rule on “strict
confidentiality” on the identity of child abuse
victims and to all records pertaining to the case.

It is labeled by detractors as a catch-all provision

on abuses against children.

However, this noble statute should not be used as a

sharp sword, ready to be brandished against the
accused even if there is a patent lack of proof to
convict him of a crime.
 Who is a Child?
 A person below 18 years of age
 A person OVER 18 years of age but because of a
physical or mental disability or condition is:
 unable to fully take care of himself/herself

 unable to protect himself/herself from abuse,

neglect, cruelty, exploitation or discrimination

 What is child abuse?
Refers to the maltreatment, whether habitual
or not, of the child which includes any of
the following:
 Psychological and physical abuse, neglect, cruelty,
sexual abuse and emotional maltreatment
 Any act by deeds or words which debases,
degrades or demeans the intrinsic worth and
dignity of a child as a human being
 Unreasonable deprivation of his basic needs for
survival such as food and shelter
 Failure to immediately give medical treatment to
an injured child resulting in serious impairment of
his growth and development or in his permanent
incapacity or death.
 Cruelty
 refers to any act by word or deed which
debases, degrades or demeans the
intrinsic worth and dignity of a child as a
human being

Discipline administered by a parent or legal

guardian to a child does not constitute
cruelty provided it is reasonable in
manner and moderate in degree and
does not constitute physical or
psychological injury.
 Physical Abuse
 refers to any act which results in non-
accidental and/or unreasonable infliction
of physical injury which includes, but is
not limited to, lacerations, fractured
bones, burns, internal injuries, severe
injury or serious bodily harm
 Psychological Abuse
 refers to any harm to a child’s emotional,
psychological or intellectual functionality
which may be exhibited by severe
anxiety, depression, withdrawal or
outward aggressive behavior, or a
combination of said behavior, which may
be demonstrated by a change in
behavior, emotional response or
cognition
 Child Neglect
 Failure to provide, for reasons other than
poverty, adequate food, clothing, shelter, basic
education or medical care so as to endanger
seriously the physical, mental, social and
emotional growth/development
 Abandonment or concealment of child
 Failure to give education commensurate to
family’s social station and financial condition
 Causes or permits child’s truancy
 Allows child to possess or carry deadly
weapons
 Allows child to drive without and/or fake license
 Child Sexual Abuse
Includes employment, use, persuasion,
enticement, inducement or coercion of a
child to engage in, or assist another
person to engage in:
 Sexual intercourse

 Lascivious conduct

 Prostitution

 Molestation

 Incest with children

 Lascivious Conduct
Means the intentional touching, either directly or
through clothing, of the genitalia, anus, groin, breast,
inner thigh, or buttocks, or introduction of any object
(including a finger) into the genitalia, anus or mouth,
of any person, whether of the same or opposite sex,
with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade,
or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person,
bestiality, masturbation, lascivious exhibition of the
genitals or pubic area of a person.

Note: This conduct is likewise punishable under the

Anti-Rape Law as “Sexual Assault”
 Prostitution
 When children, whether male or
female, are for money, profit, or any
other consideration or due to
coercion or influence of any adult,
syndicate or group, indulged in
sexual intercourse or lascivious
conduct.
 Child Trafficking
 Buying and selling of children for money or for any
other consideration
 Attempt to Commit Trafficking --
 When a child travels to a foreign country without the
necessary documents
 Recruitment of women or couples to bear children for
the purpose of trafficking
 Simulation of birth
 Finding children among low-income families, hospitals,
clinics and the like who can be offered for the purpose
of trafficking
 Child Exploitation
 Hiring, employment, persuasion, inducement, or
coercion of a child to perform obscene exhibitions
and indecent shows, whether live or in video or
film, or to pose or act as a model in obscene
publications or pornographic materials, or to sell
or distribute said materials
 Using child, directly or indirectly, for begging
 Using child as conduit or middleman in drug
trafficking
 Using child for other illegal activities
 Employing child below 15 years of age, except
 Under sole responsibility of parents/legal
guardian
 Child employed in public entertainment
Other forms of Child Abuse
Attempt to commit prostitution –

 when any person who, not being a relative of a

child, is found alone with the child inside a room
or cubicle of a house, an inn, hotel, motel,
pension house, apartelle or other similar places;
vessels, vehicles or any other hidden or secluded
area under suspicious circumstances.
 When any person is receiving services from a
child in a sauna parlor or bath, massage clinic,
health club and similar places
 Any person who shall keep or house in his
company a minor, twelve (12) years or under
or who is ten (10) years or more his junior in
any public or private place, hotel etc.
 Inducing or delivering or offering a minor to
any person prohibited in law to keep or have in
his company a minor
 Any person, owner or manager or one
entrusted with the operation of any public or
private place of accommodation, who allows a
person to take with him a minor to such place
 Indicators of Child Abuse
 Physical signs
 Unexplained, unusual and periodic
bodily injuries (bruises, burns, bite
marks, abrasions, lacerations,
contusions, underweight, malnutrition)
 Indicators of Child Abuse
 Psychological or emotional signs
 Extreme fear, confusion, anxiety, anger,
depression, problems with sleeping,
eating and waste elimination, abrupt
mood changes, lying, stealing, suicidal
tendencies, regressive behavior,
aggressive and destructive behavior
 Signs which suggest sexual abuse

 Displaying sexual knowledge inappropriate

to age
 Inappropriate sexual behavior
 Writing/drawing about sex or abuse
 Contracting Sexually transmitted diseases
 Who must report child abuse?
 Head of any public/private hospital,
medical clinic or similar institution
 Attending physician or nurse
 All public school teachers/administrators,
probation officers, government lawyers,
law enforcement officers, Barangay
officials, other Gov't employees whose
work involves children
 Where to report child abuse
 The nearest local office of the DSWD
 The nearest PNP station
 The national Bureau of Investigation
 Barangay Council for the Protection of
Children
 Commission on Human Rights
 Department of Justice task Force on
Child’s Protection
 Who may file a complaint?
 Offended party
 Parents or Guardians
 Ascendants or collateral relatives w/in 3rd
civil degree of consanguinity
 Officer, social worker or rep of licensed
child caring institution
 DSWD officer or social worker
 Barangay Chairperson
 At least 3 concerned, responsible citizens
of place where abuse occurred
 Criminal Justice Process
 Filing of complaint/report of abuse
 Inquest/preliminary investigation
 Trial
 Arraignment
 Pre-trial
 Trial
 Prosecution evidence
 Defense evidence
 Rebuttal, surrebuttal
 Submission of memoranda
 Judgment: Acquittal or Conviction
 Service of sentence or appeal
 Process of report and
investigation

•SEXUAL ASSAULT / RAPE

•Social workers,
•victim advocates, •POLICE FORCE
•Barangay officials

•MEDICAL and
•PSYCHOLOGICAL •Prosecutor / Fiscal
•Services
 Victims of child abuse
may avail of:
 Protective custody
 Counseling Child placement
 Medical/Dental Services services
 Psychological /Psychiatric –Residential care
services –Foster home
 Social Services to Family –Adoption

 Compensation from DOJ Legal services

Board of Claims
Educational and
Vocational services
Witness protection
program
 Guiding Principle:
The Best Interest of the Child
 In all questions regarding the care, custody,
education and property of the child, the welfare
(or best interest) shall be of paramount
consideration
 The totality of the circumstances and conditions
as are most congenial to the survival, protection
and feelings of security of the child and most
encouraging to his physical, psychological and
emotional development
 The least detrimental available alternative for
safeguarding the growth and development of the
child
Section 5. Child Prostitution and Other Sexual Abuse. –

WHO ARE LIABLE?

(a)(1) procurer of a child prostitute;

(2) those who induce a person to be a client of a

child prostitute

(3) those who take advantage of influence or

relationship to procure a child as prostitute;

(4) those who threaten or use violence towards a

child to engage him as a prostitute; or

(5) those who give monetary consideration goods or

other pecuniary benefit to a child with intent
to engage such child in prostitution
(b) those who commit sexual intercourse or
lascivious conduct with a child exploited in
prostitution or subject to other sexual abuse;

(c) those who derive profit or advantage

therefrom (manager or owner of the sauna,
disco, bar, resort, place of entertainment or
establishment serving as a cover or which
engages in prostitution in addition to the
activity for which the license has been issued
to said establishment)
 Section 6. Attempt To Commit Child Prostitution.
–
 any person
 not relative of a child
 found alone with the said child
 inside the room or cubicle of a house, an inn, hotel,
motel, pension house, apartelle or other similar
establishments, vessel, vehicle or any other hidden or
secluded area
 under circumstances which would lead a reasonable
person to believe that the child is about to be
exploited in prostitution and other sexual abuse

 any person is receiving services from a child in a

sauna parlor or bath, massage clinic, health club
and other similar establishments
 Section 7. Child Trafficking. – trading and dealing
with children, buying and selling of a child for money, or
for any other consideration, or barter

 Section 8. Attempt to Commit Child Trafficking. –

 (a) When a child travels alone to a foreign country

 without valid reason therefor

 without clearance issued by DSWD written permit or

justification from the child's parents or legal guardian

 (e) When a person engages in the act of finding children

among low-income families, hospitals, clinics, nurseries,
day-care centers, or other child-during institutions who
can be offered for the purpose of child trafficking
Section 9. Obscene Publications and Indecent
Shows

 hire, employ, use, persuade, induce or coerce a child to

perform in obscene exhibitions and indecent shows or
model in obscene publications or pornographic materials
or to sell or distribute the said materials

 Any ascendant, guardian, or person entrusted in any

capacity with the care of a child who shall cause and/or
allow such child to be employed or to participate in an
obscene play, scene, act, movie or show or in any other
acts covered by this section
 Section 11. Sanctions of Establishments or Enterprises
which Promote, Facilitate, or Conduct Activities Constituting
Child Prostitution and Other Sexual Abuse, Child Trafficking,
Obscene Publications and Indecent Shows, and Other Acts
of Abuse. –
 immediate closure
 authority or license to operate cancelled
 owner or manager prosecuted
 sign with the words "off limits" shall be conspicuously displayed outside for
a period of not less than 1 year
 unauthorized removal punishable

 An establishment shall be deemed to promote or facilitate child prostitution

and other sexual abuse, child trafficking, obscene publications and indecent
shows, and other acts of abuse if the acts constituting the same occur in
the premises.

 An enterprise such as a sauna, travel agency, or recruitment agency which:

promotes the aforementioned acts as part of a tour for foreign tourists;
exhibits children in a lewd or indecent show; provides child masseurs for
adults of the same or opposite sex and said services include any lascivious
conduct with the customers; or solicits children or activities constituting the
aforementioned acts shall be deemed to have committed the acts penalized
herein.
 RA 9208

“Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003”

The law institutes government policies to
eliminate trafficking in persons, especially
women and children. Establishes the
necessary mechanism to protect and
support trafficked persons and provides
penalties for violators.
SEC. 3. Section 3 of Republic Act No. 9208 is
hereby amended to read as follows
“SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. – As used in this Act:
“(a) Trafficking in Persons – refers to the recruitment, obtaining,
hiring, providing, offering, transportation, transfer,
maintaining, harboring, or receipt of persons with or without the
victim’s consent or knowledge, within or across national borders by
means of threat, or use of force, or other forms of coercion,
abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or of position, taking
advantage of the vulnerability of the person, or, the giving or
receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a
person having control over another person for the purpose of
exploitation which includes at a minimum, the exploitation or the
prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced
labor or services, slavery, servitude or the removal or sale of
organs.
“The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, adoption or
receipt of a child for the purpose of exploitation or when the
adoption is induced by any form of consideration for exploitative
purposes shall also be considered as ‘trafficking in persons’ even if
it does not involve any of the means set forth in the preceding
paragraph.
Three Categories of Trafficking in Persons :
1. Acts of Trafficking in Persons
2. Acts that Promote Trafficking in Persons
3. Qualified Trafficking in Persons
 AMENDMENTS TO HUMAN
TRAFFICKING LAW GIVES IACAT
MORE TEETH

RA No. 10364 was signed into law

last February 06, 2013.
 Section 4-B of the new law included attempted
trafficking in persons “where there are acts to
initiate the commission of a trafficking-offense
but the offender failed to or did not execute all
the elements of the crime, by accident or by
reason of some cause other than voluntary
desistance, such overt acts shall be deemed as
an attempt to commit an act of trafficking in
persons.” Attempted trafficking carries with it a
penalty of imprisonment of fifteen (15) years
and a fine of not less than Five hundred
thousand pesos (P500,000.00) but not more
than One million pesos (P1,000,000.00).
liabilities of accessories and accomplices of
human trafficking activities. Accomplices are
defined in this Act as those who knowingly aids,
abets cooperates in the execution of the offense
by previous or simultaneous acts. While
accessories are those who has the knowledge of
the commission of the crime, and without having
participated therein, either as principal or as
accomplices take part of its commission subject
to specific acts stated in the law.
 law also amended the confidentiality clause barring
any person, at any stage of the investigation,
rescue, prosecution and trial of an offense, from
giving out the name and personal circumstances of
the trafficked person or any other information
tending to establish the identity of the trafficked
person and his or her family shall not be disclosed
to the public. The amended law removed this
confidentiality privilege on the part of the
human trafficker/offender.
 highlighted as well, the state’s exercise
of jurisdiction over any acts of
human trafficking even if committed
outside the Philippines provided that
the suspect or accused is a Filipino citizen,
a permanent resident of the Philippines, or
has committed human trafficking acts
against the citizen of the Philippines.
 Section 4. Acts of Trafficking in Persons. –

 (d) To undertake or organize tours and travel plans

consisting of tourism packages or activities for the
purpose of utilizing and offering persons for prostitution,
pornography or sexual exploitation;

 (e) To maintain or hire a person to engage in

prostitution or pornography;

 (f) To adopt or facilitate the adoption of persons for the

purpose of prostitution, pornography, sexual
exploitation, forced labor, slavery, involuntary servitude
or debt bondage;
 Section 5. Acts that Promote Trafficking in Persons. –
 (a) To knowingly lease or sublease, use or allow to be
used any house, building or establishment for the
purpose of promoting trafficking in persons;

 (b) To produce, print and issue or distribute unissued,

tampered or fake counseling certificates, registration
stickers and certificates of any government agency
which issues these certificates and stickers as proof of
compliance with government regulatory and pre-
departure requirements for the purpose of promoting
trafficking in persons;

 (c) To advertise, publish, print, broadcast or distribute,

or cause the advertisement, publication, printing,
broadcasting or distribution by any means, including the
use of information technology and the internet, of any
brochure, flyer, or any propaganda material that
promotes trafficking in persons;
 (d) To assist in the conduct of misrepresentation or fraud for
purposes of facilitating the acquisition of clearances and necessary
exit documents from government agencies that are mandated to
provide pre-departure registration and services for departing
persons for the purpose of promoting trafficking in persons;

 (e) To facilitate, assist or help in the exit and entry of persons

from/to the country at international and local airports, territorial
boundaries and seaports who are in possession of unissued,
tampered or fraudulent travel documents for the purpose of
promoting trafficking in persons;

 (f) To confiscate, conceal, or destroy the passport, travel

documents, or personal documents or belongings of trafficked
persons in furtherance of trafficking or to prevent them from leaving
the country or seeking redress from the government or appropriate
agencies; and

 (g) To knowingly benefit from, financial or otherwise, or make use

of, the labor or services of a person held to a condition of
involuntary servitude, forced labor, or slavery.
 Section 11. Use of Trafficked Persons. –
 buys or engages the services of trafficked
persons for prostitution
 •01
•WINTE
•Templat
R e

•TRAPIKING
•RA 9208

Courtesy of the
 •Unsa ang Trapiking? •02
•Ang trapiking nagpasabut sa pag-agni, pagdala, pagbalhin ug
pagdawat ug mga tawo aron sila pahimuslan dinhi sa sulod o
gawas sa nasud.

•Ang Trapiking gihimo niini nga pamaagi:

1. Paghulga
2. Pagamit sa pwersa/kusog
3. Lain pang pamaagi sa pamugos
4. Pagdagit
5. Pangilad
6. Pagbudhi
7. Pagpahimulos sa katungdanan
8. Pagpahimulos sa kahuyangon sa tawo
9. Paghatag o pagdawat ug bayad o uban pang
benepisyo aron makuha ang pagtugot sa tawo nga
adunay kontrol sa usa pa ka tawo. Mahulog gihapon
nga trapiking bisan pa kung motugot ang biktima o dili
ba kaha nasayud siya nga siya ginatrapik na siya.
 •03
•Ang KATUYOAN SA TRAPIKING MAO ANG PANGHIMULOS SA
BIKTIMA. Kauban sa mga ehemplo sa mga mapahimuslanong
katuyoan mao ang mga mosunod:
1. Protitusyon
2. Pornograpiya
3. Eksploytasyong sekswal
4. Pinugos nga pagtrabaho o serbisyo
5. Pangulipon
6. Dili gustong pagpanarbaho
7. Pagkahigut sa utang
8. Pagtangtang o pagbaligya sa parte sa lawas sa tawo
9. Paggamit ug tawo alang sa armadong kalihokan sa sulod o
gawas sa Pilipinas.
 •Unsa ang “child trapiking”? •04

Ang tumong sa Child Trapiking mao ang pagtrapik sa bata o mga

bata. Matawag ang usa ka tawo nga bata kung siya wala pa
nakatungtong sa ika-18 ka tuig o kon dili ba sobra siya sa 18
apan dunay kakulangon sa iyang pang-isip o panglawas ug dili pa
niya igo panalipdan ang iyang kaugalingon batuk sa pang-abuso,
pagkawalay pagtagad, pagpanglu-ib, eksployatsyon/pagpanglupig
o diskriminasyon.

Kung bata ang biktima, kini tawagon pa gihapon ug trapiking

bisan walay kalakip nga panghulga o pwersa ug uban pang klase
sa pagpamugos.
 •05
•Ang “Child Trapiking”, usa sa pinakabangis nga krimen
batik sa bata nga may edad ubos sa 18. Nagkahulugan kini
sa pagpahawa sa bata gikan sa iyang naandan nga palibot
ug pagbalhin kaniya ngadto sa bag-o ug piligroso nga
kahimtang sulod man kini o gawas sa nasud.

•Ang maong kahimtang mapait gayud tungod kay siya

naginusara sa bag-o o langyaw nga palibot ug posibleng
maltratohon isip ulipon o mahituklod sa sekswal nga
pangabuso.
 •06
•WINTE •“BATA”
•Templat
R
•Wala pa nakatungtong sa
ika-18 nga tuig o kon dili ba
sobra na siya sa 18 apan
e dunay kakulangon ang iyang
pang-isip o panglawas ud dili
pa niya igo panalipdan ang
iyang kaugalingon batuk sa
pang-abuso, pagkawalay
tagad, pagpanglu-ib,
eksploytasyon /pagpanglupig
o diskriminasyon.

•TIMAN-I! Kung bata ang biktima, tawagon gihapon kini ug

trapiking bisan walay kalakip nga panghulga o pwersa ug uban
pang klase sa pamugos.
•Pila ka mga bata ang biktima sa
trapiking? •07
•Walay klaro sa kasamtangan nga datos sa nasud kung pila
gayud ang biktima sa trapiking.

• International Labor Organization: 1.2 na ka milyon

ang bata nga natrapik sa 2002

• Sa Asya, sumala sa UNICEF, sa sulod sa 30 ka

anyos, adunay 30 ka Milyon na ang biktima sa
trapiking.

• Ang 2003 nga taho sa US Department of State

nagingon nga 600,000 -800,000 na ka tawo ang na
trapik ug mas daghan ang mga babaye ug mga bata
ang nabiktima sa trapiking.
 •08
•30 Milyon na
ang nabiktima
sa Asya sa
sulod sa 30 ka
anyos

•600,000 –
•1.2 Milyong 800,000
bata tong 2002 kadaghanan mga
bata og mga
babaye
•Asa gikan, mangagi, o dalhon ang
mga bata nga biktima sa trapiking?
•09
•Bisan wala pay igong pagkigsusi ang gobyerno
mahitungod niino kadaghanan sa mga NGO nga
nagtabang sa biktima nagaingon nga daghan sa mga
kabataan nagagikan sa lisud nga pamilya ug lugar sa
Mindanaw ug Bisayas o uban pang siyudad o laing nasud.

•Kadaghanan usab kanila bag-o lamang sa siyudad ug

padulong lamang ang ilang tiket ug wala any pabalik. Mga
bata ng agikan sa lumad ng lugar diin adunay mga hulga
sa trapiking tungod sa kakulangon sa kinaadman ug
impormasyon/kahibalo.
 •10
 Kadaghanan gikan sa
mga pamilya og lugar sa
Mindanaw og Bisyas
padung Manila og uban
pang siyudad.

 Bag-o lamang sa siyudad

og padulong lang ang ila
ticket, walay pabalik.

 Gikan sa mga lumad na

lugar.
 •11
•WINTE
•Nganong adunay trapiking?

•Templat
R
•Daghan ang hinungdan kung nganong dunay trapiking. Kalakip na
niini ang mga mosunod:

• Kawad-on
e
• Pagkawalay trabaho sa ginikanan
• Konsumerismo ug sayop nga paghatag ug palit sa material
nga butang
• Diskriminasyon pinasikad sa kinatawhan
• Kawad-on o kakulangon sa edukasyon o inpromasyon
• Tuklod sa barkada/kaubanan aron mag tripping
• Oaghukom nga mobiya aron makalikay sa sitwasyon sa
panimalay
 •12
Diskriminasyon pinasakid sa
kinatawhan

konsumerismo Kawad-on o kakulangon sa

edukasyon o inpormasyon

Pagkawalay trabaho sa
Tuklod sa barkada
ginikanan

Pag-hukom nga mobiya sa

Kawad-on TRAPIKING aron makalikay sa
sitwasyon sa panimalay
 •Unsa ang mga dautan nga epekto
sa “child trapiking” sa mga bata? •13
•Adunay mga dautan nga epekto ang trapiking sa mga nabiktima
niini. Kini nabahin sa tulko ka klase: pisikal, sikolohikal ug sosyal.
Ans maayo nga mahibalo-an nato kini aron atong masabtan kung
ngano nga ang trapiking usa ka bangis nga pagsupak sa katungod
sa bata.

•Ang bata nga biktima sa Trapiking kasagaran makasinati sa mga

mosunod:

• Epektong pisikal: matakdan sa STD ug HIV/AIDS, mubo

nga matang sa nutrisyon, abusong sekswal, pagagmit sa
ginadili nga droga, pagpanamastamas ug kamatayon

• Sikolohikal o epekto sa salabutan: mubo nga pagtan-aw

sa kaugalingon ug pagkabuang

• Sosyal nga epekto: lisud sa pagharong sa ubang tawo,

paginusara o pag papahilayo sa uban (isolation)
•Unsa’ng balaod ang nagpatigayon sa mga
polisiya sa gobyerno aron mapakgang ang
trapiking ug asilutan ang pagtrapik ug mga tawo?
•14
•Mao kini ang “ANTI – TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ACT OF
2003” kini ang Republic Act 9208 nga gipasa isip balaod
niadtong 2003:

• Ang mga law-ay na buhat dinadili ay usa sa trapiking,

• Mga silot sa kinsa may nisupak sa balaod,

• Ang serbisyop ug tabang sa gobyerno sa mga biktima sa

trapiking,

• Kinsa man sa ato ang mahimong makiha laban sa

trapiking,

• Asa sila mukiha ug kaso.

 •15
•“ANTI – TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ACT”
•(Republic Act No. 9208)
•2003
 •16
•WINTE
•Unsang mga kalapasan ang ginasilutan ilalum sa
R.A. 9208 ug unsa kabug-at ang silot niini?

•Ang “ACTS OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS” (ang pagtrapik ug tawo)

•Templat
•Silutan ug 20 ka tuig nga pagkapriso ug 1 ka Milyon nga multa.

R
•Ang “ACTS THAT PROMOTEeTRAFFICKING IN PERSONS” (mga
kalihokan nga nagpasi-ugda sa pagtrapik sa tawo) silutan ug 15 ka tuig
nga pagkapriso ug multang dili muoubos sa 500,000 hangtud 1 Milyon
ka piso.

•Ang “Qualified Trafficking” pagasilutan hangtud sa hangtud nga

pagkapriso ug multa nga 2 ka milyon hangtud sa 5 ka Milyon ka piso.

•Ang paggamit sa biktima sa tawong natrapik alang sa prostitusyon

(pananglitan: mga kustomer sa mga batang ginahanyag sa prostitusyon)
pahamtangan ug 6 ka bulan nga katilingbanong pagpangalagad ug
multang P50,000 sa unang pagsuway, ug pagkabilanggo sa 1 ka tuig ug
multang P100,000 sa ika-duha o mga mosunod na pag-suway.
 •17
•20 ka tuig na pagkapriso og
•Acts of Trafficking multa nga 1 Milyon ka piso

•15 ka tuig na pagkapriso

•Acts that promote og multa nga P500,00 – 1
Trafficking Milyon ka piso

•Life Imprisonment og
•Qualified Trafficking multa nga 2 Milyon ka
piso – 5 Milyon ka piso

•6 ka buwan nga community

service og multa nga P50,000
•Use of Trafficked unang paglabag; pagkapriso
Persons nga 1 ka tuig og multa nga
P100,000 sa ika duha og
mosunod nga pag-suway
•Unsa ang mga pananglitan sa
•“Acts of Trafficking”? •18
•Ang mag-rekrut, mohanyag o mokontrata ug kasal,
magpaila-ila o moparis-paris ug tawo; ang
mosagop/mosapnay ingon man ang pagtabang niini sa
maong tawo o moampon sa bata, kung ang katuyuan niini
alng sa prostitusyon, pornograpiya, pag-ulipon o
pagkahigut sa utang.

•Ang mahimo o magpatigayun ug biyahe alang sa mga

turista kung ang katuyuan niini alang sa prostitusyon,
pornograpiya, o sekswal nga pang-abuso.

•Ang magrekrut, magkupkop, magbalhin o modagut sa

tawo alang sa pagtangtang ug pagbaligya sa parte sa
lawas niini. Ang magrekrut, magbalhin o mukopkop sa
bata aron gamiton isip sakop sa armadong pakigbisog.
•19
Unsa ang mga pananglitan nga mahimong
makasuhan ug “Acts that promote trafficking”?
•20
• Ang magpa-abang o magpaggamit ug balay, gambalay, o
establisamento

• Ang magmugna, magprinta, magbalita, magpa-ambit ug

mga nabag-o o pekeng sertipiko sa counseling,
registration stickers ug uban pang dokumento

• Ang mosibya, magpamantala, magpa-imprenta,

magdayag ug magpa-ambit sa mga brochures, fliers ug
uban pang materyales para sa pagkaylap sa trapiking,
uban na ang paggamit sa internet ug modernong
teknolohiya sa impormasyon.

• Ang motabang sa pagpakaaron-ingnon o mopeke aron

madali ang pagkuha sa mga clearances o uban pang
dokumento sa paggawas.
 •21
•WINTE
•Templat
R
• Ang mopadanlog, mopadali, o maghatag ug tabang sa
paggawas o pagsulod sa nasud nga walay lehitimong
dokumento e
• Ang mosakmit, motago, o modaot sa passaporte,
dokyumento sa pagbyahe o mga perosonal na dokyumento
o gamit sa nabiktima sa trapiking

• Ang magpahimulos, pinansyal man o ubang pamaagi, o

mogamit sa pagpanarbaho o serbisyo sa tawo nga nahikot
sa kundisyon nga supa kaniya ang pagpanghalad,
pagpamugos nga trabaho, o pagpangulipon.
•Unsa ang mga pananglitan sa
“Qualified Trafficking”? •22
• Kung ang biktima bata,

• Kung ang pagsagop buhaton ilalum sa “Inter-Country

Adoption Act of 1995” (RA 8043) ug ang katuyuan sa
pagsagop alang sa prostitusyon, pornograpiya, sekswal
nga pang-abuso, pag-ulipon o pagkahigut sa utang,

• Kung kini gihimo sa usa ka sindikato o dinagkong pamaag

(large scale). Matawag kining sindikato kung kini gihimo
sa usa ka grupo na naay tulo o sobra ka tawo nga nag
kasabot. Kini usab dinagkong pamaagi (large scale) kung
adunay tulo o sobra pa nga biktima,

• Kung ang nakasala usa ka hamtong nga pariente,

ginikananigsoon, tinugyanan, o usa ka tawong may
kagahum sa biktima o ang nakasala isa ka opisyal o
emplayado sa gobyerno,
 •23
• Kung ang biktima, gi-rekrut para gamiton sa prostitusyon
sa maski kinsang kabahin sa militar o mga ahensiya nga
natahasang magpasunod sa balaod.
• Kung ang nakasala usa ka miyembro sa miltar o mga
ahensiya nga natahasang magpasunod sa balaod,
• Kung tungod sa trapiking, namatay ang biktima, nabuang,
naa sa ilalim sa “mutilation” nag kasakit ug HIV/AIDS.
 •24
•Silot: Life Imprisonment og multa nga nga 2 Milyon – 5
Milyon ka piso
• Kung ang biktima bata
• Kung ang pag-ampon buhaton ilalum sa “Inter-Country Adoption
Act of 1995”
• Kung ang trapiking gibuhat sa sindikato o large scale
• Kung ang nakasala usa ka hamtong na pariente , ginikanan,
igsoon, tinugyanan, o usa ka tawong may kagahum sa biktima o
ang nakasala usa ka opisyal o empleyado sa gobyerno
• Kung ang biktima gi-rekrut para gamiton sa prosecution alang sa
maski kinsang kabahin sa militar o mga ahensiya nga natahasang
magpasunod sa balaod
• Kung ang nakasala usa ka miyembro sa militar o mga ahensiya
nga natahasang magpasunod sa balaod
• Kung tungod sa trapiking, namatay ang biktima, nabuang, naa sa
ilalum sa “mutilation”, o nagkasakit ug HIV/AIDS.
•Unsa ang pagtan-aw sa balaod sa
tawong natrapik? •25
•Ang tawo nga natrapik giila nga biktima, dili
kriminal. Dili sila mahimong silutan sa krimen nga
adunay kalambigitan sa trapiking o pagsunod sa
mga sugo o mando sa nagtrapik kanila.
•Unsa ang mga serbisyo sa
•26
•WINTE
gobyerno alang sa tawong na trapik?

•Templat
R
•Ang pipila sa serbisyo sa Gobyerno mao ang mga mosunod:

• Emergency sheltereo Hinanaling kapuy-an o dili lungtad

nga kasak-an

• Counseling o Pagmaymay, pahimangno ug

pagpasabot

• Libreng serbisyong Legal

• Serbisyong medical o sikolohikal

• Tabang pang-edukasyon sa batang biktima

• Pagbasay sa pagpanginabuhi sa bata ug sa mga

ginikanan
•27
mahimo nimong buhaton aron masugpo o mababagan
ang pagkaylap sa trapiking sa inyong katilingban? •28
•Isip pangulo o lider o sakop sa simbahan, unsa ang

• Mabinantayon sa insidente sa trapiking sa akong kumunidad ug

mosumbong sa awtoridad.

• Magpakaylap ug impormasyon batok sa trapiking sa akong

nasakop nga hugpong o organisasyon o simbahan, mga pamilya
ug bata sa komunidad;

• Amomahon ang akong miyembro aron dili sila mabiktima sa

trapiking;

• Magbutang ug mga sa akong simbahan o komunidad nga

temporaryong mosagop sa batang di pa makabalik sa iyang
mga ginikanan;

• Mohatag ug tabang pinansya; o material sa bata ug sa mga

ginikanan niya;
 •29

• Magpakabana sa mga batang biktima nga gidangop sa

simbahan pinaagi sa pagbisita ug pag-ila sa tinuod nga
kahimtang sa batang natrapik;

• Mohatag sa pagsabot, pahinumdum, pakigkuyog aron

matagamtaman sa bata ug mga ginikanan ang pagdawat
sa simbahan ug mga miyembro niini.
•Unsa ang modus operandi sa mga
trapikers? •30
• Gi-ilhan sila sa komunidad

• Gahatag og kwarta sa ginikanan bisan wala mahibalo ang mga

bata na gi-recruit

• Gapangakit nga dako ang Makita o sweldo bisan nga ubos lang
ang kina-admansa sa gi recruit

• Gapeke og dokumento

• Daghang saad

• Dali ra kakuha ng trabaho

• Walay klaro nga adto-an

• Gapng imbitan ug mga batan-on gikan 11 hangtud 18 aron

mutrabaho sa lungsod.
 •Pwede mo ba maipagawas ang
•31
•WINTE
mga datos sa trapiking?

•Templat
R
•Seksiyon 7 sa RA 9208, sa matag yugto sa kaso gikan sa
imbestigasyon hangtud saepagpasak sa kaso sa korte,
gitagaag bili sa balaod ang “PAGTAGO sa IMPORMASYON”.
Impromasyon bahin sa akusado ug nag-akusar nga di
mahimong mapatik sa pahayagan, makita sa telebisyon, ug
uban pang pamaagi sa impormasyon.

•Ang impormasyon o datos bahin sa nag-akusar ug

giakusahan sa krimen nga trapiking dili mahimong ipahibalo sa
mga tawo sa bisan unsang pamaagi.
•32
 RA 9775
Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009
 Section 4. Unlawful or Prohibited Acts. –
 (a) To hire, employ, use, persuade, induce or coerce a child to
perform in the creation or production of any form of child
pornography;

 (b) To produce, direct, manufacture or create any form of child

pornography;

 (c) To publish offer, transmit, sell, distribute, broadcast, advertise,

promote, export or import any form of child pornography;

 (d) To possess any form of child pornography with the intent to sell,
distribute, publish, or broadcast: Provided. That possession of three
(3) or more articles of child pornography of the same form shall be
prima facie evidence of the intent to sell, distribute, publish or
broadcast;

 (e) To knowingly, willfully and intentionally provide a venue for the

commission of prohibited acts as, but not limited to, dens, private
rooms, cubicles, cinemas, houses or in establishments purporting to
be a legitimate business;
 (f) For film distributors, theaters and telecommunication companies, by
themselves or in cooperation with other entities, to distribute any form of
child pornography;

 (g) For a parent, legal guardian or person having custody or control of a

child to knowingly permit the child to engage, participate or assist in any
form of child pornography;

 (h) To engage in the luring or grooming of a child;

 (i) To engage in pandering of any form of child pornography;

 (j) To willfully access any form of child pornography;

 (k) To conspire to commit any of the prohibited acts stated in this section.
Conspiracy to commit any form of child pornography shall be committed
when two (2) or more persons come to an agreement concerning the
commission of any of the said prohibited acts and decide to commit it; and

 (l) To possess any form of child pornography.

 Section 10. Responsibility of Mall Owners/Operators
and Owners or Lessors of Other Business
Establishments. –

 notify PNP/NBI within seven (7) days from obtaining

facts and circumstances that child pornography is being
committed in their premises.

 Photo developers, information technology professionals,

credit card companies and banks and any person who
has direct knowledge of any form of child pornography
activities shall have the duty to report any suspected
child pornography materials or transactions to the proper
authorities within seven (7) days from discovery thereof.
 RA 9262

ANTI-VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN AND
THEIR CHILDREN ACT
OF 2004
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
 VAWC includes but not limited to:
 Physical violence
 Sexual violence
 Psychological violence
 Economic abuse
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
 Physical violence – acts that include bodily or physical
harm
 Sexual violence – an act which is sexual in nature,
committed against a woman or her child
 Rape, sexual harassment, acts of lasciviousness, etc…
 Acts causing or attempting to cause the victim to engage in any
sexual activity by force, threat, coercion
 Prostituting the woman or her child
 Psychological violence – acts or omissions causing or
likely to cause mental or emotional suffering of the
victim, such as intimidation, harassment, stalking,
damage to property, public ridicule or humiliation, verbal
abuse, etc.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
 Economic abuse – acts that make or attempt to make a
woman financially dependent
 Withdrawal of financial support or preventing victim from
engaging in any legitimate profession, etc… (with exception)
 Deprivation or threat of deprivation of financial resources and
the right to the use and enjoyment of conjugal, community or
property owned in common
 Destroying household property
 Controlling the victim’s own money or properties or solely
controlling the conjugal money or properties
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
 Battered Woman Syndrome – scientifically
defined pattern of psychological and
behavioral symptoms found in women
living in battering relationships as a result
of cumulative abuse
 ACTS OF VAWC (Section 5)
 The crime of VAWC is committed through any
of the following acts
a) Causing physical harm to the woman or her child
b) Threatening to cause the woman or her child
physical harm
c) Attempting to cause the woman or her child physical
harm
d) Placing the woman or her child in fear of imminent
physical harm
 ACTS OF VAWC
e) Attempting to compel or compelling the woman or
her child
 to engage in conduct which the woman or her child has the
right to desist from or
 to desist from conduct which the woman or her child has
the right to engage in, or
Attempting to restrict or restricting the woman’s or
her child’s freedom of movement or conduct by
 Force or threat of force, physical or other harm or
 Threat of physical or other harm, or
 Intimidation directed against any woman or her child
 ACTS OF VAWC
f) Inflicting or threatening to inflict physical harm
on oneself for the purpose of controlling her
actions or decisions
g) Causing or attempting to cause the woman or
her child to engage in sexual activity which does
not constitute rape, by force or threat of force,
physical harm, or through intimidation directed
against the woman or her child or his/her
immediate family
h) Engaging in purposeful, knowing, or reckless
conduct, personally or through another, that
alarms or causes substantial emotional or
psychological distress to the woman or her child
 ACTS OF VAWC
i) Causing mental or emotional anguish, public
ridicule or humiliation to the woman or her child,
including but not limited to, repeated verbal and
emotional abuse, and denial of financial support
or custody of minor children or denial of access
to the woman’s children
 PENALTIES

Act Penalty
5(a) physical harm

Attempted, frustrated or – RPC

consummated parricide or
murder
If results in mutilation – RPC
Serious physical injuries -prision mayor (6y1d-12y)
Less serious physical -prision correccional (6m1d-6y)
injuries
Slight physical injuries -arresto mayor (1m1d-6m)
 PENALTIES

Act Penalty
5(b) threat to cause physical Two degrees lower that the
harm prescribed penalty for the
consummated crime, but not lower
than arresto mayor
5 (c) attempt to cause ph Arresto mayor
5 (d) place in fear of
imminent ph
5 (e) attempt or compelling Prision correccional
to engage or desist from
conduct, restricting freedom
of movement
 PENALTIES

Act Penalty
5 (f) inflicting or threatening Arresto mayor
ph on oneself to control
actions or decisions
5 (g) sexual act not Prision mayor
constituting rape
5 (h) conduct causing Prision mayor
emotional or psycho distress
5 (i) causing public ridicule
 MAXIMUM PENALTY
 If acts committed while woman or child is
pregnant
 Committed in the presence of her child
 ADDITIONAL PENALTIES
 Fine in the amount of 100,000 to 300,000
 Mandatory psychological counseling or
psychiatric treatment and shall report
compliance to the court
 RA 9344
Juvenile Justice Act
CICL Referral Flowchart
 • 1. Release to parents/guardians or • Intervention Programs
• nearest relative for custody • a. Counseling
•CICL 15 years • 2. Notify LSWDO for intervention • b. Peer counseling and Life Skills
•old & below • and prevention programs • Training and Education
• 3. Formulation of intervention programs • c. Provision of support services: PES,
• by BCPC, in coordination with the LSWDO • livelihood program
• d. CICL referral to other agencies for
• appropriate services such as CONFERENCING
• AT THE BARANGAY LEVEL

•PNP/Tanod
•CICL •(determine
•AGE of CICL)

•Acted WITHOUT discernment

•LSWDO to
•CICL above 15 years old •determine
•but below 18 years old •Discernment
•of CICL

•Acted WITH discernment

•PNP/Prosecutor determines
•penalty of the crime committed
 •DIVERSION PROPER

•Penalty of the crime committed

•is more than 6 years but •Court shall determine whether
•not more than 12 years •Diversion is appropriate or not
•of imprisonment
•6 years< I < 12 years

•Acted WITH discernment •I •Determine probable cause

•Diversion by prosecutor •F •and file information with the
•PNP/Prosecutor determines •Family Court within 45 days
•penalty of the crime committed •N
•O •Forward records to
•Diversion by PNP
•Prosecutor within 3 days
•D
•I
•V •Forward records to
•Penalty of the crime committed •E •PNP or Prosecutor
•is not more than 6 years •Diversion by barangay
•R •within 3 days
•of imprisonment •S
•I < 6 years •Diversion by LSWDO •I •Forward records to
•I = 6 years •for victimless crimes •O •PNP within 3 days
•N
Thank you!